Bibiana Steinhaus will become the first female to referee in the Bundesliga. The 38-year-old police officer has been named as one of four new referees in Germany’s top flight for 2017-18. Steinhaus – the partner of English ex-Premier League and World Cup referee Howard Webb – has refereed second-tier games for six years. “I am … Read more
The 38-year-old police officer has been named as one of four new referees in Germany’s top flight for 2017-18. Steinhaus – the partner of English ex-Premier League and World Cup referee Howard Webb – has refereed second-tier games for six years. “I am aware that I will be the first female referee in the Bundesliga … Read more
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insists there is no need to discuss the future of coach Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti’s men are eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga, but they have hit a rough run of form which has left them without a win in five games. Included in that run have been … Read more
Controversial proposals to increase the size of the competition have won the backing of the game’s governing body, splitting opinion in the game FIFA has voted unanimously to expand the World Cup to a 48-team tournament in 2026. The new format, which will see the finals comprising 16 groups of three teams before a 32-team … Read more
DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach has confessed that the cup given to them this summer by Fifa did not survive the team’s victory celebrations unscathed The chief of Germany’s football association (DFB) has revealed that one of the team’s triumphant players has damaged their World Cup trophy. Joachim Low’s men defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final … Read more